Collapsible cabinet.



F. P. BURDIGK.

COLLAPSIBLE CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1912.

1,066,883, Patented July 8,1913.

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F. F. BURDIOK.

COLLAPSIBLE CABINET. APLIUATION IILBD NOV 0, 1912 1,066,883, PatentedJuly 8,1913.

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F. F. BURDIOK.

GOLLAPSIBLE CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1912.

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Patented July 8, 1913.

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720672106 fled ffiu/z'aic/ UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED F. BURDICK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COLLAPSIBLE CABINET.

To all whom 2'15 may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED F. BURDICK, a. citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Gabi--nets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cabinets which are used in giving electriclight and other baths, and which can be collapsed and thereby be made tooccupy less space when not in use than when in position for use.

The objects of this invention are to lessen the cost of manufacture ofcabinets of the kind named, to improve the appearance thereof, and alsothe working, to increase their efliciency while being converted from anoperative to an inoperative position, and

to obtain a device which does not require skilled operators to convertit from a usable to a collapsed position; to obtain a durable devicewhich is not liable to get out of order; and to obtain a device whichcan be wired as it is termed, from outside thereof.

Additional objects are set forth in the specification and claims.

I n the drawings Figure l is a vertical sec-- tion of a cabinetembodying this invention, with the several parts thereof in position tobe operated in the giving of a bath. Fig. is a horizontal section online 2-2 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direct-ion indicated by the arrows.Fig. is a top plan view of the cabinet, with the panels thereof in acollapsed position, showing the base of the cabinet in position to movesaid collapsed panels into an operative position. Fi t is a top planview of the central member of the base of the cabinet. F ig. 5 is a sideelevation of the base member which is illustrated in Fig. -t. Fig. 6 isa perspective of a lever and standard which is removably attachable tothe base of the cabinet, to collapse or extend the panels thereof. Fig.7 is a top plan view of a portion of the upper members of the base. Fig.8 is an elevation of one corner of the cabinet. Fig. 9 is a section online 9-9 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.Fig. 10 is a section, on line 1010 of Fig. 1, viewed in the directionindicated by the arrows. Fig. 11 is an edge view of the upper end of oneof the panel members of the cabinet. Fig. 12 is a plan view of amodification of the corner which is illustrated in Fig. 9. And Figs. 13and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 6, 1912.

Patented July 8, 1913.

Serial No. 729,733.

14. are plan views of additional nuulilications of said corner. Figs. 8,9 and 10 are on an enlarged scale.

A reference letter applied to designate a given part indicates said partwherever the same appears.

A B is the base of the cabinet and is made of a plurality of parts sothat a part thereof may be removed when the cabinet is collapsed. A isthe foundation.

o is the central member of foundation A, and a are the outside memberswhich fit to and surround the central member a. Menr hers a, a. arejoined together by the latch A. Members (1, a are provided with radialgrooves a. The spiral grooves in members a, register with the shortspiral grooves in member a of said foundation A, when the several partsof the base are put together in operative position. The part B of thebase is also made of a plurality of members, comprising the centralmember 6 and the outside or surrounding members b. Members Z) litclosely to the central member Z) and are joined together by the latch B.Said members b and Z) are provided with spiral slots 5, b, which are cutentirely through said members, so that a projection which is hereinafterdescribed, may extend through said slots and into the grooves infoundation A.

C is a bolt on which part B turns.

D is an abutment which is provided with a dovc-tailed rib, and saidabutment is secured to foundation A of the base.

15 is a two-part lever which is mounted on the standard F by means of aball and socket joint c, e are the two parts of lever E, and part 0moves longitudinally in part c.

e is the bent end of part c of lever E, and said bent end fits in anaperture therefor in base D. Base 1) is attached to part B of the base.

The standard F is provided with the base 7, having dove-tailed groove 7"which fits over the dove-tailed rib on abutment 1).

Standard F and lever .1 are removable from the base by withdrawing end 0from base D and base f from the dove-tailed rib on abutment D.

The side walls of the cabinet consist of the corners H, (or one of thehereinafter de' scribed modifications thereof), and the panels I, I,which are joined together by hinges i and to the posts or corners byhinges i.

extended, or put into a usable position. for

the giving of baths.

K are electric lamps which are provided with the ordinary lamp sockets,and said sockets are secured in the corners of the cabinet, with thewires 70, in passageway Y. To conceal the wires from one of the cornersof the cabinet to the adjacent corner, the upper ends of the severalpanels are turned or rolledover, as is well shown in Fig. 11, to obtainthe passage way I.

Corners II consist of the part h, which is curved in the constructionillustrated in Figs. 1, 8, 9 and 10, and 13, and bent in theconstruction illustrated in Figs. 12 and 1A, the parts it which areintegral with and bent out from part it, and the cover h. Cover h issecured in place on part it, h, and thereby the passage way Y isobtained for the wires 76, as herebefore stated.

72/ are screws or bolts attaching cover It in place.

In the modified construction II, which is illustrated in Fig. 13, theangle at which parts 72/ stand relative to each other is aboutninety=degrees, and that is the only variation between said constructionand the construction which is illustrated in detail in Fig. 9. In themodification illustrated in Fig. 12, the angle of said parts it, h, isthe same as in the construction illustrated in Fig. 9, but the part h ofsaid corner H is bent, about midway thereof, in place of said part beingcurved throughout its entire width. Cover h is attached to parts it bybolts h, to obtain passage way Y, the same as in the other constructionswhich are illustrated. In the construction illustrated in Fig. lt theangle of said parts 72. is the same as in the construction which isillustrated in Fig. 1 but the part 70 is neither II, II, II, and H, thewiring of the lamps is done from the outside of the cabinet, after thelamps K have been put. in

place on part ]L, and before the covers h are attached; and the panelsI, I may be made of light material as suflicient rigidity is obtained insaid corners to permit thereof.

The top of the cabinet is lettered M and consists of a piece of canvaswhich is provided with aperture m for the head and neck of a personseated in chair X. This top M may be placed over the head of a personabout to take a bath in the cabinet, before entering the cabinet, andafter the person has entered it the lower edges of said top M are raisedand thrown over the upper edges of the panels.

By omitting the pintle, or withdrawing it, from any of the hinges z thepanels I, I, which are joined together by said hinge, may be swung onhinges i, anda person may enter the cabinet through the space or doorwaythus obtained.

N are projections which are secured to the lower ends of corners H bymeans of plates or bases 7) which are inserted in said corners, (seeFig. 10.) Projections N are provided with balls I, and said projections,or at least the balls held therein, extend through the spiral grooves band into theradial grooves 64. The corners are held in a determinedradial position by said grooves a, and a determined distance from thecenter bolt 0 by the grooves 2'2.

O are projections at the lower edge of the hinges z' which extend intothe grooves J. Project-ions 0 may consist of the pintle of the hinges i,where a pintle hinge is used.

When the cabinet is in oosition for giving a bath therein and it iscesired to collapse it, the top M and stool X are removed from saidcabinet; standard F is put in place on foundation A, as hereinbeforedescribed, and the lower end of lever E is connected to the plate B, asdescribed. Movement of said lever will rotate said plate B on foundationA, and the corners and panelswill be forced in toward the center bolt C.After the cabinet is collapsed as far as desired the parts a and b maybe removed if desired.

I claim 1. In a cabinetcomprising corners and panels jointed to saidcorners and to each other, a floor consisting of a foundation providedwith radially extending grooves and a plate rotatably mounted on saidfoundation, said base provided with spirally extending slots, incombination with projections on said corners adapted to engage with saidslots and grooves.

2. In a cabinet comprising corners and panels, hinges joining saidpanels to said corners and hinges joining said panels together betweensaid corners, the combination of a floor consisting of a foundationprovided with radially extending grooves and a plate provided withspirally extending slots, said plate rotata'bly mounted on saidfoundation,

projections on said corners adapted to engage with said slots andgrooves, and means removably attachable to said foundation and plate toturn said plate on said foundation.

3. In a cabinet, a corner consisting of a bent plate of sheet metal,panels, hinges joining said panels to said bent plate, and a cover alsoconsisting of a bent plate of sheet metal, in combination with means toattach said cover to said corner.

at. In a cabinet, at corner consisting of a bent plate of sheet metal,electric lamps attached to said corner, electric conducting wiresattached to said lamps and disposed within the bends of said plate, acover also consisting of a bent plate of sheet metal, means to attachsaid cover to said corner, to inclose said wires, said cover removableto expose said wires outside of said cabinet, panels and means to attachsaid panels to said corners, all combined as and for the purpose setforth.

5. In a cabinet consisting of corners and panels jointed to saidcorners, a floor consisting of a foundation provided with radiallyextending grooves and a plate provided with spirally extending slots,said plate rotatably mounted on said foundation, and said plate andfoundation respectively consisting of a plurality of parts separablyattached together, in combination with corners respectively providedwith projections adapted to engage said slots and grooves.

6. A cabinet comprising corners respectively made of a bent plate and anadditional bent plate removably attachable thereto, said bends sodisposed as to obtain a passage way between them, electric lampsattachable to the first named bent plate, and electric conductorsattached to said lamps and contained in said passage ways, incombination with panels and means to attach said panels to said firstnamed bent plate.

7. A cabinet comprising corners respectively made of a bent plate and anadditional bent plate removably attachable thereto, said bends sodisposed as to obtain a passage way between them, electric lampsattachable to the first named plate, electric conductors attached tosaid lamps and contained in said passage ways, panels, and means toattach said panels to said corners, in combination with a floorconsisting of a foundation provided with grooves and a plate rotatablymounted on said foundation, said last named plate provided with slots,and said corners provided with projections engageable with said slotsand grooves.

8. A cabinet comprising corners respectively made of a bent plate and anadditional bent plate removably attachable thereto, said bends sodisposed as to obtain a passage way between them, electric lampsattached to the first named plate and electric conductors attached tosaid lamps and contained in said passage ways, in combination withpanels, means to attach said panels to said first named plates, and afloor, said floor consisting of a foundation provided with radiallyextending grooves and a plate provided with spirally extending grooves,said foundation and plate respectively consisting of a plurality ofparts separably attached together, and said last named plate rotatablymounted on said foundation, with means to rotate said last named plateon said foundation.

Signed at Chicago, this 25th day of October, 1912.

FRED F. BUR'DICK. In the presence of- (humans TURNER BROWN, CHARLES B.HEBRoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

